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Standard Oil vs Rockefeller and Crew
Standard oil created a trust structure that was so brilliant. But this suit is like, hay, this is just a sha an affront. You don't really transfer any assets here, and you 're actually breaking our laws. So it takes a couple of years, but by 18 92, the case reaches the ohio supreme court,. The state supreme court rule s against standard oil, which means that the trust has to be dissolved. This seems like a pretty big problem. Wellit turns out, our standard oil friends have an escape plan that they've already hatched in their back pocket for this very occasion.